I produce a wide range of work,
stoneware, porcelain and raku,
functional and individual expressive work.

I like to create strong
contrasting textures of clay and glaze,
often using powdered clays on the wet thrown pot
to build up a heavily encrusted surface.

I have a taste and interest for ancient and primitive pottery,
partly because often the means of production are direct
and very simple, but also because ancient artefacts
are disconnected from their time and immediate function
which gives them great peacefulness.

I use a copper Barium matt glaze on much of my work,
both in porcelain and stoneware,
with a variety of coloured glazes for brush decoration.

I fire up to 1270C in an electric kiln.

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John Kershaw Studio Pottery
And Contemporary Crafts
40 Main road
Windermere
Cumbria LA23 1DY
Tel: 015394 44844
Email:
john@kershawpottery.com
emma@kershawpottery.com